Gardens of the Mythbegotten
Gardens of the Mythbegotten are watercolor paintings of fairies and other mythical creatures in garden
settings, recalling Romantic and Classical images of mythical creatures frolicking and the images of
cultured, enclosed gardens. Gardens have long been seen as a way to impose our will on chaos, our control
over wilderness, but they are also seen as a refuge from chaos, a place to contemplate, to escape, to
wander, to be at peace.
I created these images as a refuge from the chaos of 2020 in America today. These are places where
fairies, mermaids, minotaurs, gryphons, satyrs and other mythical beasts are relaxed, happy, joyful and
giving that joy back to the viewer. Inside these pictures there is peace.
Fairies in the Rose Garden, 5 x 7, watercolor, pen and ink ($70)
Satyrs Reading Under the Lilacs, 5 x 7, watercolor, pen and ink, ($50--SOLD)
"Serenades by the Lake," 11 x 15, watercolor, pen and ink ($300)
"Fairy Cannonballing the Birdbath," 11 x 15, watercolor, pen and ink. (SOLD)
"Dryad Playing Hide-and-Seek with Nuthatch," 5 x 7, watercolor, pen and ink **SOLD**
"Dragon Day Spa," 11 x 15, watercolor, pen and ink. ($300)
"Moonlight Flight of the Fairies," 11 x 15, watercolor, pen and ink. ($300)
"Fairies in the Forget-Me-Nots," 5 x 7, watercolor, pen and ink. (SOLD)
"Fairies Asleep in the Black-Eyed Susans," 5 x 7, watercolor, pen and ink. ($70)
"Fairies in the Iris Garden," 5 x 7, watercolor, pen and ink. (SOLD)
"Chrysanthemum Book Club," 11 x 15, watercolor, pen and ink. ( $250 )
"Chance of Showers," 5 x 7, watercolor, pen and ink ( $70 )
Leaf-Surfing, 5 x 7, watercolor, pen and ink, (SOLD)
"Walnutball Scrum!," 11 x 15, watercolor, pen and ink. ($300)
Pearl Crescent Reading, 5 x 7, watercolor, pen and ink, **SOLD**
Bedtime Stories for Minotaurs, 11 x 15, Watercolor, pen and ink, ($300)
"Lay Yourself Down in this Garden," 11 x 15, watercolor and ink. $250